A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 4.0%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are:

The correlation between the fund returns is 0.1250.

What is the Sharpe ratio of the best feasible CAL? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

5. The current spot exchange rate is £0.95/$ and the three-month forward rate is £0.91/$. Based on your analysis of the exchange rate, you are pretty confident that the spot exchange rate will be £0.93/$ in three months. Assume that you would like to buy or sell £2,000,000. a. What actions do you need to take to speculate in the forward market? What is the expected dollar profit from speculation? b. What would be your speculative profit in dollar terms if the spot exchange rate actually turns out to be £0.88/$.

1. Assume the spot rate of the euro is $1.16, and over the next year the Eurozone inflation rate is 2% while the US inflation rate is 3%. According to purchasing power parity (PPP), what will the spot exchange rate be after one year? Assume the spot rate of the euro is $1.16 and the one-year interest rate for the Eurozone and the US are both initially 4.5%. Then assume that the US interest rate decreases to 4% while the Eurozone interest rate remains at 4.5%. According to the international Fisher effect (IFE),
2. 1. What will the spot exchange rate be after one year?
3. 2. What is the underlying factor that would cause such a change in the interest rate differential?

how and why stock market volatility occurs?

Project L costs $30,000, its expected cash inflows are $8,000 per year for 8 years, and its WACC is 10%. What is the project's discounted payback? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Project L costs $64,749.69, its expected cash inflows are $13,000 per year for 10 years, and its WACC is 14%. What is the project's IRR? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Ben Bader is considering selling an apartment building that he bought several years ago for $820,000, including transaction costs. He has claimed total (cumulative) depreciation (cost recovery allowances) of $255,000. He has made no capital improvements during his holding period.

Bader has been offered $900,000 for this property ($600,000 over the existing $600,000 mortgage note, to which the property will remain subject when sold). Terms of the offer are $90,000 in cash at the closing. Buyer assumes the $600,000 balance on the existing first mortgage note and signs a note and purchase-money mortgage for the remaining $210,000 of the purchase price. The $210,000 note provides for three equal annual payments including principle and interest, with interest at 12%

If Bader accepts this offer and incurs $50,000 of sales costs, what will be the resultant increase in his taxable income in the year of the transaction and in each of the three succeeding years, assuming he uses the installment method of reporting the sale? Bader has no imputed interest problem, and the property generate zero taxable income each year if it is not sold. Bader has no other outstanding debts.

Bonds are a liability (debt) for a company, stock is equity and therefore, a form of capital. Using the information and terminology in this module and research you complete on your own, determine the pros and cons for a company for issuing bonds and stocks. Assess the following components:

• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Potential for Earnings
• Risk
• Access to funds
• Tax implications

4. $10,000 is deposited in a savings account earning 1.75% simple interest.

What is the future value (nearest penny) of the $10,000 after 5 years?

What is the future value after 5 years if the same account earns 1.75% interest compounded annually?  

5. You borrow $2000 on March 20 at 15% simple interest.  

a. How much interest (to the nearest penny) accrues by September 20 (180 days later). Assume ordinary interest.  

b. What is the total amount that you must repay?

6. A car has an advertised price of $22,000 cash or $650 per month for 4 years. If you pay the $650 per month for 4 years, what is the total amount you would be paying for the car?

7. If I = Prt and I = $398.90, r = 9.85% and t = 1 year, how much is P (to the nearest dollar)?  

8. If a loan is held for 180 days, then t is about: A. 180   B. 1/2   C. 1/4   D. 3  

Please show work. Thank you.

Kolby’s Korndogs is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $685,000. The asset qualifies for 100 percent bonus depreciation and can be scrapped for $91,000 at the end of the project’s 5-year life. The sausage system will save the firm $195,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $47,000. If the tax rate is 21 percent and the discount rate is 10 percent, what is the NPV of this project?

Use the information in the table

1. What is the expected return of a portfolio with 25% of wealth invested in the US, and 75% invested in the UK?
2. What is the standard deviation of return of a portfolio with 25% of wealth invested in the US, and 75% invested in the UK?
3. What is the covariance of return between the US and the UK?
4. Can an investor obtain diversification gains by investing in both the US and the UK?  Why or why not?  Be sure to provide quantitative justification for your answer.

CSM Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $411,000 is estimated to result in $152,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press is eligible for 100 percent bonus depreciation and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $53,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $15,800, along with an additional $2,800 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 23 percent and its discount rate is 10 percent. Calculate the project's NPV.